SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1976.
LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL BEGIN WORK IN DECEMBER ON THE SECOND CARRIAGEWAY OF LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD FROM THE TOLL BOOTHS TO THE SHING MUN RIVER BRIDGE.
THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO CONTRACTS TO PROVIDE A DUAL CARRIAGEWAY ROAD FROM THE TUNNELS THROUGH LION SHA TIN.
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APPROXIMATELY 2.5 KILOMETRES OF 7.3-METRE WIDE CARRIAGEWAY TOGETHER WITH ANCILLARY WORKS OF DRAINAGE, FOOTWAY AND CENTRAL MEDIAN BARRIER WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
IMPROVEMENTS WILL ALSO BE MADE TO THE JUNCTION AT SIU LEK YUEN ROAD AND THE EXISTING LION ROCK TUNNEL ROAD WILL BE RECONSTRUCTED WHERE DETERIORATION OF THE CARRIAGEWAY IS EXCESSIVE.
THE CHIEF ENGINEER OF THE NEW TERRITORIES DIVISION OF THE HIGHWAYS OFFICE, MR. A.D.S. MACDONALD SAID TODAY THE WORKS WOULD BE PHASED TO COINCIDE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE $33 MILLION SECOND LION ROCK TUNNEL.
+WHEN COMPLETED IN MID-1978 THE CARRIAGEWAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF CARRYING THE INCREASED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW TOWN AT SHA TIN,+ SAID MR. MACDONALD.
+ON THE KOWLOON SIDE THE TUNNEL WILL LINK UP WITH THE LUNG CHEUNG ROAD INTERCHANGE SO THAT THERE WILL THEN BE CONVENIENT MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC ON BOTH SIDES.+
MR. MACDONALD SAID WORK WAS PROGRESSING SATISFACTORILY
ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE TWO-LANE 1,411-METRE ROAD INSIDE THE TUNNEL. HE SAID IT WOULD EVENTUALLY OPERATE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE EXISTING TUNNEL SO THAT EACH OF THE TWO-LANE TUBES COULD CARRY TRAFFIC IN ONE DIRECTION.
TWO NEW TOLL BOTHS, SIMILAR TO THE SIX NOW IN OPERATION, WILL ALSO BE BUILT AT THE SHA TIN ENTRANCE. IN ADDITION, TWO TWO-STOREY BUILDINGS ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED TO HOUSE VENTILATION AND LIGHTING EQUIPMENT FOR THE NEW TUNNEL.
IN THE EARLY STAGE WORK ON THE PROJECT, TWO 1.5 METRE PIPES WERE LAID BENEATH THE TUNNEL ROADWAY TO CARRY WATER FROM THE HIGH ISLAND RESERVOIR TO THE URBAN AREAS OF KOWLOON.
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